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Holborn was the smallest of the twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, with an area of between 405 and 407 acres (1.6 km2). Therefore, it was even smaller than the City of London. It also had the smallest population of any of the boroughs throughout its existence. The populations recorded in National Censuses were:  
 
Holborn was the smallest of the twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, with an area of between 405 and 407 acres (1.6 km2). Therefore, it was even smaller than the City of London. It also had the smallest population of any of the boroughs throughout its existence. The populations recorded in National Censuses were:  
 
Constituent parishes 1801–1899  
 
Constituent parishes 1801–1899  
Year  
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1811
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!scope="col"|Metropolitan Borough 1800-1899
1821
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1831
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1841
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1851
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1861
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1871
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1891
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!scope="col"|Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961
Population
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67,103
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80,642
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||1901||1911||1921||1931||1941||1951||1961
88,172
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90,670
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93,767
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95,726
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94,074
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93,513
 
78,668
 
70,938  
 
Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961  
 
Year[4]
 
1901
 
1911
 
1921
 
1931
 
1941
 
1951
 
1961
 
Population
 
59,405
 
49,357
 
43,192
 
38,860
 
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24,810
 
22,008  
 
Politics[edit]
 
 
  
A map showing the wards of Holborn Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1952.
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==Politics==
The borough was divided into nine wards for elections: Central St Giles, Lincoln's Inn, North Bloomsbury, North St Andrew, North St Giles, Saffron Hill, South Bloomsbury, South East St Andrew and St George the Martyr.[6][7]
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Borough council[edit]
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The borough was divided into nine wards for elections: Central St Giles, Lincoln's Inn, North Bloomsbury, North St Andrew, North St Giles, Saffron Hill, South Bloomsbury, South East St Andrew and St George the Martyr.  
Parliament constituency[edit]
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For elections to Parliament, the borough was represented by one constituency:  
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==Borough council==
Holborn
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In 1950 the borough's representation was reduced to half a seat, when it was merged with part of St Pancras:
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==Parliament constituency==
Holborn and St Pancras South
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For elections to Parliament, the borough was represented by one constituency:
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London - Pax Britannica

The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the London Borough of Camden.


Formation and Boundaries

The borough was formed from seven civil parishes and extra-parochial places in 1900: Furnival's Inn (part), Gray's Inn, Liberty of Saffron Hill, Lincoln's Inn, St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr, St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury and Staple Inn. In 1930 these seven were combined into a single civil parish called Holborn, which was conterminous with the metropolitan borough. Previous to the borough's formation it had been administered by two separate local bodies: Holborn District Board of Works and St Giles District Board of Works. The Inns of Court and Inns of Chancery had not been under the control of any local authority prior to 1900.

Visible legacy

Several of the street name signs in the British Museum/Senate House area still bear the "Borough of Holborn" area designation. Holborn Town Hall, built in 1894, still exists, on High Holborn.

Population and Area

Holborn was the smallest of the twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, with an area of between 405 and 407 acres (1.6 km2). Therefore, it was even smaller than the City of London. It also had the smallest population of any of the boroughs throughout its existence. The populations recorded in National Censuses were: Constituent parishes 1801–1899

Metropolitan Borough 1800-1899
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Population 67,103 80,642 88,172 90,670 93,767 95,726 94,074 93,513 78,668 70,938
Metropolitan Borough 1900-1961
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961
Population 59,405 49,357 43,192 38,860 24,810 22,008 22800

Politics

The borough was divided into nine wards for elections: Central St Giles, Lincoln's Inn, North Bloomsbury, North St Andrew, North St Giles, Saffron Hill, South Bloomsbury, South East St Andrew and St George the Martyr.

Borough council

Parliament constituency

For elections to Parliament, the borough was represented by one constituency: